# Big Pickle

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Big Pickle and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free AI model in OpenCode, praised for generous limits, surprisingly good results and fast interactive help.

## Why people recommend it

- Free to use with generous limits (4 comments): "the free tier is generous enough that I don't think I've hit the limit more than twice over around a month" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557648)) "A free public anonymous LLM like BigPickle can easily set up the software for you if in doubt." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48439855)) "something like BigPickle which is free to use without limits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819985))
- Surprisingly good results for free (2 comments): "pretty impressive what it can achieve for being free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819011)) "it worked surprisingly well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709433))

## What people warn about

- Failed to find the real cause (1 comments): "it tried a lot, but never found the real cause" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48772253))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Big Pickle", https://hackerapproved.com/p/big-pickle/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).